PORTLAND OREGON.
FRIDAY, vc APRIL - IS, WU
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C I. JACKSON
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
JNO. P. CARROUU
Published mrr evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday Wrnlng at The Journal Building. Fifth and Yamhill
streets, roruna, uregoo. i
Who will reform the Urtfft
Robin.
Cock
Pretty soon, strawberries; cat your
mouths ready. ........
OFFICIAL. PAPER OF TM8 CITY OP PORTLAND
From ths Irrigon Irrigator. '"
We by the Portland press that the
cnamber , or commerce of that city la
contemplating the expenditure of a tarn
aum of money in advertising that pro
gressive city.
' That la alt right snd 'we hope they
wm go ahead and spread the name and
?A- nominee for sheriff.
'If-
TTHB NOMINATION of a man of the character and
i I stsndlng of Tom Word for the office of sheriff of
: v l' 'this county shows an encouraging appreciation of
the demands of the public. If a pure machine man. a man
" Who hai all" hla life long" devoted himself to politics, who
' sees In them nothing but the spoils of office and the doing
of the hack -work of the party, la put forward against a
mart of precisely the same stamp on the other aide, then so
far as the public la concerned It Is simply a cnoice oi evi.a
la the votlnr. The fact that the man wears tne uemo
' (-ratio Mtamo or the Republican Btamp alters the case not
' In the least for the result to the great mass of the people
" whose interest Ilea in good public service Is precisely tne
same.' , .' "
':, Bot the nomination of Mr. Word Is quite another matter,
' Ma la Democrat In politics, and always haa been, but
abovs'and before all that he is s man who from all reports
' of blra will do his duty aa he sees It and will run hla office
' as at 'has fun his business. Such; nominations uauaUy
com vt the result of party service which Is oftentimes
quite another thing from good public 6rvlce. But this ta
Sot one of the caaes.
'i Tha frlenda of Mr. Word are pleased over his recog
nition 1 tn convention and If tbty continue to devote
themselvea to hli Interests from thla time forward with
I the same- enthusiasm and singleness of purpose as they did
to secure hla nomination, they are likely to be equally sue
' cessfu at tha polls : m they were before tha Democratic
; county 'convention.
' A MATTER OFVITAL IMPORTANCE.,
" ' ' ' S A f 1 1 f t i i " f
IT IS HIGH TIME that tha public bodies and tha people
. tho -queetkm i .the-tmprovement -of -4bv Columbia,
rivtr. We have altogether .too long pursued thedrlft pol
icy. From, tb bglnal)g dlacernlng men lyive real
Ued tbat,allrpgress .of tb yaat, inland ejnplra beyond,
certain pnVpndntly pti the diptly b wateir at
the Columbians mouth' and the removal of Impedimenta to
its commerce sJ6ng its course. "For k quarter of a ot
tury a tentative agitation haa been maintained. We made
no. progress; we simply marked time. Everybody realised
the-gravity of tha oondltlona, yet aa a whole- nothing aa
i Then came the time when Mr. Moody succeeded m get
ting through an appropriation for the Celllo canal which
'would. Open th Columbia' river to unobstructed navigation
.' tot 150 miles. Wherf the government experts were induced
tOCome here few of them realised the magnificence of the
great waterway. Fewer still had any conception of the
vast country tributary to it and the comparatively small
. amount of money, needed to place it at the disposal of
the4 people But all of them realised the 'difficulties which
confronted itbem in securing even a modest appropriation,
The Atlantic coast "and . Gulf sections , of the country had
been alive for years td the problems which confronted
thera and millions had been poured forth by the national
government In enterprises, some of ' them extremely
can we hope to have the canal completed so' that its
benefits may be realised within the next score of years,
The amount now available for prosecuting the work
h. .r.that;..th ,ma"r Prtjr l-- kme of .the fair city oa th. Willamette
the easier it splits. t0 tn, fou, cornerB 0 th0 Mrth,
. , .. I But the writer would like to say a
its plain outy. aa usual. I .nent tha endln if this
Some If years ago toe same chamber
which was begun last year on the Jetty at the mouth J.?Wf railroads ls 0f commerce,- as we understand it.
. " . ... . ... ' .. ... .t.. v,aom7 coming ana rast. ltMrt tn an i imliii' MtomHu. if
the river Is 1850,000. This will be eaten up by tne wora
In hand. What is to bar done next year unless a new ap
propriation Is secrT W .cannot see any hopeful signs
of It at this session and the next session is the short one
If New Jersey, aa reoorted. Is
when everything must be crowded through and when many Parker, how should the west beT
deserving prelects must fail. If the work is discontinued
for a 'whole year, much of It may bo destroyed by thn
winter storms, ths cost Of it will undoubtedly bs inereasea
and worst of all the expected benefits will to delayed by
Just that much. We can afford , almost anything better
than this. With our commerc growing as it has been in
the past ' few "years, "with the conspicuous If not actually
commanding position which we are beginning to occupy In
the ocean-carrying trade, there Is nothing quite so es
sentlal to us as deep water at the bar.
started in on a similar enterprise, If
A ta,a(.b. AAA i
JJ k.v wit. i-M V tfiui ii.in m I ..i... . i i . w ....
coming to the front, somehow? , n-vhi- in w.thiv n..itm.nt. th.
- I work progressed.
fori nr. n . v.. .v.. .v.
committee having the expenditure in
The courta are all right, good: but B.u om!..?f m. a",tUL,2
the people are above even tbe courta.
of
Portland, some have moved away, and
some are dead.
a . k . 1LI. lal
p.nni. ruMtnla nxirtla-h rlrh anrt I ww, kohdh nim conminn
rt'. ... r. k. KMnl a a a AMr I P-r un, ana ins jao was aooui 10 ao
to se whether they respect themselves hro";h w,hn one -of ths -members of
" I ears, v hail MA kaan MnanUail mwxMmlA
vt asw uv vw.a vviiauivu SKfvsaw
Summer came away ahead of time, but t0 -writer, who has in his time done
only for a short preliminary vlait aavenising, ie nna out n tne
Brethren. It is hh time that w. got busy. W. hare W " havs hn yet w at one. communlo.t with et.m
long been face to face with this vital proposition, but we Tn, American people want to know Parties by telegraph and when the corn
have allowed things to drift Now we should be up and two things about a candidate: where he a," J" I'JW VJt
v tu stanna, ana woeTner na moans ii. i : ' , . " v. " r v'
el w ". Ml6. And as a matter of fact the space
The more the Democrats fight, the was not worth $60, for th paper had
more votes they turn out: this Is a say- "0 Stanaing, a very small circulation, and
lng. but perhaps , it won't apply now. cld not be expected to do Portland any
There was a ruction in the committee.
doing. The commercial bodies should Instantly
work to save an appropriation for tne jetty ror, u tney ao
not. what already has been dons and very possibly all that
will be dons this season will fall far short of accomplish
lng the results aimed at and ths bar will continue, as It
always has been, B. menace, not alone to commerce, but to already contesting for the Republican hut that particular scheme was killed.
the vast and growing trade of this great section of ths
country.
GOOD MEN WHO DESERVE REELECTION.
nomination for president in 1M. But However, they went ahead and spent a
whftt'a tha matter with a blr Democrat T lot of money in various Tomfool meth
oas ana got practically no returns. Those
Tha averare mice of votes in the New i who remember "the pumpkin car." in
York legislature on any bill with boodle the wake of the gorgeous California
In It and moat of them are or that train, in us jaunt over tne country, will
kind Is $1,000. They have adopted the pear ua out in this statement,
Missouri style.
erned!
And thus are we, gov-
WATXOXAX. OAPZTAXi gTOBZBl.
If the Portland people wlah to do
soma advertising that will do Portland
good, let them first remember that the
fanciful to aid their commerce. Because of local preju
dices atKrough have
' been freely ..placed at their disposal, they looked askance-
st any project "which lay beyond the beaten path. It wns
felt that no big appropriation could be secured, but luckily
none was Required or this project. The whole sura ln-
'. volved didn't exceed 14,500,000. . But even this was too
much, it appeared, to wisely ask for. '"The engineer's' re
port was extremely favorable- and an amount soon became
available; for preliminary work. "But preliminary even to
the preliminary work, It waa tfouid necessary to secure
and turn over to the general government a right of way,
The legislature at Its last session very wisely did its part
and soon the transaction involved ih securing the right of
way wity be closed; iTho amount now available for the
-Celllo canal 4s flB,S8; M addition tho sundry civil bill
carries J0Q,0p6.he"jRr)ole( tvsum Jthatvl will be required
will bs about $4,000,000. We will not be' left lnwery good
shape' Od : this" broalUon,be(iu. on ,aii 'uhdertaldng ai
great as this the appropriations should be regularly forth
coming and once the work Is seriously undertaken it should
not only be prosecuted with vigor, but it should be prose
cuted "continuously.-? to'-placo'lt upon s safe and sound
basis, which would, tneap that1 th people could begin to
enjoy , the. benefits i which ,wililJo,w jranf. tbe completed
project, there should lie. a continuous appropriation to cover
tho estimate of the engineering department. In no other
way can irritating, delays be avoided and in no other way ,
ti1 NTTJUNO Iwhlch tenda toward hotter government
A and any movement which seeks to give Mxthtr
" honors to public servants who have earned them
altlt.1 'tlHa..a.a. a. .k. - AMAMAMAn tit TH -trtllfllll
Will IXOTH II-XII. TI.VFI VV.l.O. " ' I . W Wfl.lll
. . . . a. , a. a . a a. a. I T I U1Q O w V, . ' a. . v.
we nave naa occasion to aenounce me nign-nanaea mnn- At h AitiTitr ot thA periodical Pub
ods of the political machine tn many directions, notably In usher's association last night the toast
a. a ui.... TT . . nnnirvmmm In lh m.atar Alt ahl lahad a. 10-mlnUtS rule tOT
" ' " " I . M . a - ...I. a i fRV u.Ph.Pt TW IA MAR
Tfia itrtrv tf Pnlan nuarht iA tia
voter ii that! district and a reflection upon ths whole coUtsge ot tn, city' of New Tork. was taught in every American public school,
State.' i ' allotted Ave minutes, but he spread his M tnat th children would learn to
At the? same time we are gratified to note that there are Ph oat very rnin over mowx. a v,,u. ,jefnocrmey 4Bd t0 hat 0ppres
lehrths to which even the machine. Indifferent as It may be I. . ... r,. u.n,n u.hi. slon.
- mm T - LUttaiiUMiVI, -w9- aVSWMMWt4 I . Ataava m m m m. a
to public opinion in many directions, hesitates to go. As arose and said with much meaning: Pf0Ps or roiana naa rreeaora
.. .v s a t..-a w. .in no hava anothar B-minut once not reiU freedom, of cours hut
m iuuiirnron laerc la .. ui. "! v-""' 1 .H.k". what was calleo freedom in those days.
Frank A. Moore, who has slready served two terms ana . tmnrHmA Whenever they were robbed or op-
.. . . . . .. , . .... ' ' ' j, u. v-v. A w tai...
was yesterday -nominated again ior me pmce uy ib i .-j .Bi.iiMaii i v wva, u,. i;
t.n,.tvii.n ...unti-n t th. .MMftn, Hm it la harel r I m a roiisn way, so iney am noi
best way to build Portland ' up Is to
build up ths stats at large., roruana
Is st present large snough populous
Eugene, is soon to : have oomoatin
enoush and rich snougtv for the needs pnon sysienu , v
..ui ui prau, Lna new
W Caoa bar tnwn
is to nave electrlo lights.
the country with flags and fireworks and
brlhg a lot of people to Portland Is sll
bosh. Bring them into, the stats and let
mem aeieci incir own louaiiuna. . cuwi i . " T. -"''
wUl settle in the Willamette valley, some f0 at s like old ttmes. vi t
in eastern urfgon eacn portion or ine
state will get. v doubtless. 1U share-r
and all will pay trtbut to Portlsnd. ;
Every eommunlty in. the state takes
Ashland IS trf have tm' slnglntj sohooU
Greatest crops of r all kinds'" sver'
known, is the prospect all over Oregon.
pride lit the Willamette city, and every LJSSLSIa99 '
p.r.ort in Oregon pays tribute to it Our termlned upon
trade goes there Just as naturally and L'L i?''!,JnSI jr'0. ndhouse and
as surely as water runs down hM-and m;;f-1'' Y 1"
our overplus population, when we have! 'm. ' ... . ' ' ' 'Li' "1 ir Z' ; ;
any. will gravitate Just as surely. Z ; full Oration K-7 " -
If the chamber of commerce wants to j" 2h2? m,.00"
do themselves knd their city soms good. "J 6 b" bTutilflA1iy2' !
let them go St this work; In a broad- -HSu Vwtom Tf -
mlnded way. Let thert select a oom. now IUU w.,n- :
mlttee of men above reproach. Let them J rbt tobs ooatoffina mm. '
spend money only tn publications of the - gU.lV UU !j
It Is known w-.r. likely to secure lm-1 Tf TrT, ,7 tl "' Vor
mlgranu. Don't advertise In broken- tncr,A.,ed durtngthi year neart '
down political sheets In cities from ii sr miIlT V fw,Br1
which no returns can naturally be ex- M 'r e,"' .,' ;I .v: ,1 J
pected. but select mediums which will! .An 1
as? tt?,2ifta v?ra oo d;v ue
" " . . iinam unuv. Tna IIIBM In th aim...
Oregon's mines, Oregon's Wheat farms, tains war daanar than avar. th.
Oregon's limber lands, Oregon's fruit usual Oregon spring weather can be de '
lands. Oregon's manufacturing posslblll- I ponded upon to take earo of them. -ties
hold these all up and with themf , , ,
keep aion oregotrs unequaien cumate j Leng Creek lUnger: Rev. v Ridings.
"'' '""" wim a uiue assistance, nas put a waiK
rectlona Tell the story plainly and from the church to ths crosswalk on Al-
truthfully In the best newspapers and Un street, the town putting In a new
magaalnes. and. settlers Will flow in by eroaalna- and va -rtltor fupnlahlna- ma.
the thousand not tainr of them ! tsrlsl for the walk. - Try ths new walk
rectly td PorUand. but PortUnd will re- week from next BUnd,y.
celve her dues from every one of them. I - ,
But see that the money Is not thrown yjMt Oresonlan! Meacham creek la
T1, ... Fir 1 1" .k. "ow a raging little river and the O. R.
"graft" Is eliminated. Watch this A N h 9Ut ao,.n trmck w,toh.
tL"lr' tL." " u 7kP" CntKW."1 m" between Bingham Springs and
be absorbed by well, by somebody. .. !,.. .w.
rj-'sssr th. ih. -ss w
field than there are hairs on a "yaller'
dog. And there are always from one to
60 of these fakers watching every ad
vertising scheme of this kind.
WHERE THE POLES COME FROM
possible that one place on the supreme- bench may bs
conceded to ths Democrats and some such man as W,
M. Ramsey of McMlnnvllle, Thomas S. Greene of Port
lapd, or a man of that stamp and character, may be hon
ored, but until that time comes thestate will be exceed
ingly fortunate 'to retain the services "during life or good
behavior" of such men as Judge Moore,
There are reasons, such as can scarcely be overlooked,
why Judge Moore should receive a large and compliment
ary vote. He la not only now an excellent Judge, having
grown Hit hia-posltlon, as alt men fit for high positions do-
when large and heavy responsibilities are laid upon them.
but he Js. spite of his Judgeship and he cannot help him
self and -does not try a very popular and likeable man
personally, It Is lucky for Oregon that It caught Frank A.
Moore and held him up for a Judge, for life, for otherwise
he would have been In congress, perhaps in the senate;
aqd It is to be doubted whether, even with all his-wealth of
personal popularity, he could have done Oregon such good
service In any other position as he has 'done on the bench
of the supreme court. Judge Moore not only wjll be re
elected, without serious opposition, but along with the
certificate of election the peopla of Oregon will hand him
their compliments, and thanks, for able services well ren
dered; accompanied by tbe hope that he may live to retain
his distinguished seat for more terms than this.
In exemplification of this same- idea that there are cer
tain facts which even the machine recognises, the renoml
natlon of Circuit, Judges J. B. Cleland and A. I JVaser
may be mentioned. Here are two men who stand forward
on their own merits, to whom the' machine ' Is lukewarm,
but whose records have been such that it may be said they
have been renominated in response to an overwhelming
decent public sentiment which could not be Ignored. The
will be reelected, ss such men should be, for Judges of that
stamp are all too rare and when the people discover them
wisely ln-ist .in maintaining them In ths public service and,
that by such a pronounced public sentiment that they are
rendered entirely Independent of the otherwise all-power
ful political machine.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke's speech at this "In " so much as they da now when
dinner was the hit of the evening. Dr. "er " rooo-a oj tor-um- ana in a
Van Dyke was giving advice to young ro"'n ... ... . ,
and aspiring authors on how to get But the Poles lost their freedom,
their work accepted by various maga- Th!r """" was edhquered by Russia,
sines. He said the stories and poems whll other big oountrles of
must be adapted to the fads of the maga- Europe looked on and refused to help
sine selected to attack. He brilliantly them.
satirised the foibles of all the leading rrM P'and Is a country of
magaslnes by illustrating how he would wretchedness, poverty, fear and despair,
treat the clam the American Little It Is completely under the control of
Neck clam tn prose and Verse for he Rus-lan government. Although It
Harper s, the Atlantic, Bcrlbner-s. Mo- has almost twice the population of New
dure'Sr the Smart 8at -and other period- York state. Jt has had the spirit of its
jcalB ' . people so crushed that it Is today nbth-
"If I were writing on the clam for J"Jf but a rabble of miserable human
the Outlook (which Is the toastmaster's bLnf"- , . i,
magaslne) I would send 'A Quatrain to a Supposr ths 6oal -trust were 10 times
Recreant Clam.' ", said Dr. Van Dyke. 2 times as strong as It, is;
He quoted: suppose there were no laws to hamper
Ta-. iin.t t'hnn ii. iniM h UnniM onn. It and no politicians who had to , be
Because thy slothful spirit doth refuse bfurh,t:. UPP actions were never
Tha bliss of battle and the strain or . caVUBCU vj yu.uw
trains sre also at work, hauling In rock
to strengthen weak pointa where the
ravages of the streams sre especially
strong.
,
W. A. Goodln, who has ths contract
for clearing the right of way between
Seaside and Elk creek, yesterday com
pleted slashing the brush through the
whole length of ths road. The clearing
Is finished as far as the summit snd
the whole contract wUl be completed
strife.
Rise, craven clam, and lead the strenu
ous Ufa I
President Roosevelt laughed so much
at thla nuatraln that it looked for
moment as If be would fall out of his
chair.
oomnB foaxass a wrac
HOW REPUBLICANS ,
5 ' LOVE ONE-ANOTHER
One fit th 'moist touching incidents, do for me will be appreciated."
v mi itepuDiican convention yesterday
Was an oratorical stunt by Senator G. C,
, Brownell, the Demosthenes of Oregon
, City, and leader in many movements
that made interesting the last session
. of the stats legislature. . - j
This act; is likely to cause the name
of Mr, Brownell to forever go thunder
ing down the Republican
was .the seconding of a motion to send
Harvey W. Scott aa a delegate to tho
h Republican national convention. Whii
the oldest members of the party In the
j convention did not weep at the unex
pected display of Mr. Brownell's love
ior air. acott, most of them smiled.
John Gill had Just made the nomlna
: tlon of Mr. Scott as.a national delegate
as per program and everybody wan
' "a it lAAa-l, aJ A.A, A . .. .
; u i ecu m mr. ocoii snouict nave the
: , ;oo or going to the convention, wh.-n
Mr. Brownell rose from the opposite
side of the hall and feelingly announced
nis secona or tne motion, and his be
lief 'that Mr. 8cott was one of th,
v grandest men in the grand old party.
His words , of 1 Indorsement were well
chosen.' and Indicated that he might
have thought deeply during the previous,
night as to what would be the best thing
mi any hooui jn ocoit under the clr
cumstances. , . ..
Kven strangers tothe convention as
well .as the men who composed it roal
' Ised that something pf moment was con
nected With atno euloglsm. but thev dii
not realise -until later that Mr. Brownell
was displaying great charity In burying
, the ax which Mr. Scott waa said to have
raised against him following Brownell'
;. exhibition of the famous telegram re
, garding Scott's candidacy for the United
- States senate: at the' last session of the
legislature. -' " -: f. (f
According to this sjtory which started
while the senatorial, contest waa On in
the legislature. . Mr. . Brownell had as
sured Mr: Scott that he would-labor to
'elevate the dltor to a Seat In the -en-ate.
Oit the lay preceding, the election
fit Senator Fulton, it was Bald. Brownell
informed Scott that-things-looked good,
for Scoit, and for the tatter to come In
and pi Ay ths' dark hor game. - Then
f aTo wed ths telegram from Soott - to
iii-ownell, rtia4lngr; rAJiytWng Jrou can,1
Fulton was Immediately elected hands
down, Brownell .being one of his
staunchest rupporters. Promptly. Mr.
Soott came out with the announcement
that he had never aspired to the office.
Then, in some way or other, the tele
gram received by Brownell waa made
public through the columns of Tbe
Journai:
. Red hot editorials on treachery ap
peared in tne oregenian, and it was
thought the editor and the Oregon City
man could never love again. The abund
ant charity in Mr. .Brownell's heart, as
displayed in the convention yesterday,
shows that he Is man of sweet and
forgiving disposition, who can bury his
resentment This explains the smile
which came to the face of every man in
the convention yesterday except , to
those of the Scott clique. As for Mr
Brownell, his granite countenance bore
no trace of the grim humor of the sit
uation, although in his "inside." he must
have been bubbling with, Joy.
THREE-FOLD CHARM
OF GREAT ARTIST
San. Francisco gave a remarkable dem
onstration -atthe Schumano-Helnk open
ing concert, t The San Francisco Bul
letin says of this great contralto:
"Attractiveness of personality,
amounting to more than beauty, Schu-naann-Helnk
certainly has in great meas
ure aided her Success. The audience
that thronged the large" theatre last
night applauded the slnrer in one or
all of her three-fold-capacity as woman,''
emotional artist, and vocalist, accord
ing to their capacity of understanding.
But whatever the reason, they aimlSuded
wildly, with absolute enchantment, with
the transports of enthusiasm that make
one envious for . the dramatic arti-ts.
Whose greatest efforts never bring foTtk
such an ovation aa la awarded to mul-
clans by music-lovers." , i ,
Schumann-Heink will ulna; in Portland
at the Marquam, Tuesday, April J., .Ths
sale of seats will open Saturday morn
lng. . , .,,t1,w.-.- . .. .,-.'.. ,....- .a,
NEW CHURCH HOME
TO BE DEDICATED
The new Central Christian church, on
East Twentieth and Salmon streets, will
do aeaicated Sunday, April 24. The
church was organised oniy a few months
ago, with Rev. J. F. Ghormley as pastor,
and has been holding its services in
Diets' hall, Sunnyslde, but this has
proved too small, so the congregation
was forced to seek larger quarters. The
new tabernacle will be only temporary,
seating about 600 people. The lumber
arrived today, and work will begin at
once. Sunday evening the young Peo
ple's society will ho'd as open meeting
on the grounds.
The church owns a large lot on the
corner, only part of which will be used
for the chapel, aa later they hoDe to
erect a handsome edifice. '
DEATH Or . W. OXAJrOAXX-.
D. W. Crandall, a well known builder
and contractor, died Tuesday at his
home, 661 Belmont street. He was
years of age and came to Portland 34
years ago. He was a member of WI1
lartte lodge No. 2; A. F. A. M.,' Has
salo lodge No. 16, I. O, O. F., Kllison en
campment. No, 1, X. O. O. F., Industry
loage A. o. ii. vv and the Oregon con
slstory No. 1, Scottish Rites. Funeral
services will be. held at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon. Dr. T. It. Eliot officiating. He
is survived . by a wife, a son and a
daughter, Mrs. N. R. Bridges ot Olympla
ana William v. crandau of Portland.
Sommervlle Dispatch to N. T. World.
Over a week ago the neighbors of Mrs.
Lydla Parker, a white-haired woman of
70. noticed her sitting at the window oi
her home, looking out over the street
where she lived. They saw her there
every day in the same pose, placid and
smiling.
Some of them remarked about it and
smiled. Mrs. Parker did not go out of
doors much and bought her groceries
once a week. No one called to see her.
She sat In the window all day long
Easter Sunday, then Monday and Tues
day. Today the neighbors told the po
lice, and they broke in the door. The
old woman was dead, and had been all
the time.
TAXXVO ITTOfCPmOTBS SOTf .
From the Adams Advance.
Persona holding property that is en
tirely unimproved and are awaiting the
growth of the town to enhance the value
of their holdings.
As individuals they cannot be cen
sured at all, for It is the general custom
of the country, but the system that per
mits it Is wrong. The quicker our sys
tem of taxation Is changed to make the
land bear the burden- of taxation direct
without regard to the Improvement!
thereon the batter it will be for all
concerned. The way the law stands at
the present time it works to the detri
ment of any one wanting even to create
a comfortable home.
Journalism, and that it had absolute
power to do whatever It liked; picture
to yourself such a trust aa this, and
you will have some Idea of what the
Russian government has been like In
Poland.
Here sre a few of the actual facta. If
you wish to know them:
1. It has been made a crime for a
Pole to talk Ills own language. All
over Poland are signs which read: "To
speak in Polish Is severely prohibited."
The Polish language has been banished
from the schools, and there la not a
single printing office that prints papers
or books In ths Polish language.
(There are secret printing offices In
cellars and In garrets, but they are as I
win EA3U.T mnro nn nr.
ra-xsr roox tahht- bxaotzoits.
Christian Solano In England.
London Cable In Chicago Tribune.
Christian Science has not captured tbe
country, but it is discussed everywhere
in- Society, and has hundreds of really
ariatocratio votaries. At-a dinner party
only last week one Of tbe six most nota
ble, duchesses in England, said: "Well,
we may think Christian Science rubbish.
but it has Improved ths manners and dis
positions of every woman I know who
has gone in for It, and they all re hap
pier in the bargain." Be it added the
Christian Science meetings are attended
by a far larger percentage of men than
can be seen in -any church of English
service,, r - , , ,
From the Buffalo News.
There is a growing demand that thfc
people be relieved from some of th tar
iff exactions which destroy domestic
competition and increase the price of
manufactured products to consumers,
Believing, as did tbe late President Mc
Kinley, that "the period of exeluslveness
la past," the New England .Shoe and
Leather association iavors reciprocity
with Canada, demands that the duty on
hides be repealed at. once and charac
terlzes the so-called "stand pat" position
of the Republican party as unwise and
detrimental to thebest interests of the
country. Not the least important Issue
of the coming campaign is tariff reform.
A "TOUCHY" TUB.
From the New York Tribune.
There has Just been discovered In the
far east a species ot the acacia tree
which, closes its leaves together in colls
each day at sunset and curls Its twigs
to the shape of pigtails. After the
tree has settled Itself thus for a night's
sleep If touched the whole thing will
flutter as if agitated or Impatient at
being disturbed. The oftener the foil-
age is molested the more violent be
comes the shaking of the branches, and
at length ' the tree emits a nauseating
odor, which if inhaled for a few mo
menta causes a violent dlssy headache.
It has been named the "angry tree."
Barely .feasible.
From the New Tork 'Telegram."
A woman writer wants to know the
reason for the., decay of -politeness in
American men and boys. Mayhap ths
American strong-minded woman has
something )U 40 with it. ,r , -
Joe Cone in Four Track News.
I long for the wild and rocky slopes
where the "crick" goes winding
down.
Wl.ere the buds Start out and the
spears of grass corns green be
tween the brown;
Where the bluebird calls to his chirping
mate and - their happy songs be
gin.
O, I Jong, I say, for the balmy day
When the early Spring aets In.
For the nimble trout la hungry then
and he bites in a cheerful way,
And the perch move In where the
water's shoal and warm by ths
bank to play;
And the bullfrogs down in the lowland
marsh with the tree-toads start
a din.
And the golden sap Is there on tap
when the early Spring sets In.
When the early Spring sets In there
comes a bustle on the farm.
And Winter slinks beyond the hills in
sadness and alarm;
And man and beast and bird and fish
and insect all begin
To chant a lay to the happy day when
early Spring sets in.
illegal as the moonshine stills In Ken
tucky.)
J' J?,hrt U " frdom of ""slon. wltnlll . month. It Is the Intention of
The Poles are generally. Roman Catho- county COurt to improve the road
LVv,'. 1 , M V .7. 1 ' this summer as fsr as ths summit
i.iui.ru 1 ruin noiaing any government
positions. Tneir cnurcnes srs con- , Albexr Democrat: -After the lecture
flscated, and their religious customs are at Corvallls before a big house. Homer
Insulted in a hundred waya Davenport, his manager, A. E. Pond.
I. All Polish emblems sre unlawful, and w w rrufaH irt tnr hnn. in
If a man aays: "I am a Pole snd not Corvallls rig. Coming along a dark
a Russian." and if hs Is overheard br Place what anneared to be a man loomed
one ot Russia's horde of spies, ths Pols up in the middle of ths road, and acted
may oe exiled to Siberia and driven In such a stranse manner ths occuoants
from his wife and family forever. ' thought they were in for a holdup.
A few days ago the great Polish nn- Davenport hid his 1600 watch. Pond tried
slclan, Paderewskt, dared to say to the to secrete his sack of money and Craw-
csar; "I am a Pole," and ho was ban- ford disposed of his large stock of val-
Ished from St Petersburg aa If he had I uables, but it was a young heifer.;
Deen a criminal.
4. It haa been made a crime for a The water In Grand Ronde river Is
Pols to love the history of his country, now at the right stage for successful
ir ne la round reading a book about driving and a monster drive 01 logs nas
one of the George Waahingtons or started from the headwaters of that
Abraham Lincolns of Poland hs can be stream toward the mills at Perry. One
arrested and punished. A copy of our company will drive about 14.000,000 feet
Declaration of Independence or of the f logr this. spring, and the manager
Evening JourCat would send any Pole estimates that there is enough timber
to prison. If it were found in his tributary to the mill to laat for 40
poeket - - 7 ' years. It will be necessary to build
t: 'The people are treated as If ihmv railroads to the vast belts of nine lying
were 1-year-old children In all buainaaalon the head of Grand Ronde river and
and educational matters. A Pole can- Meadow creek, as It will be too costly
not organise a club, or make a speech, nd tedious to haul the logs to the
or paint a picture, or chisel a statue, or river and depend on tho annual drive to
reaa a magaslne without getting a per- supply ths mills.
inn i rum me government.
The land of Poland Is passing to the Joseph Vey will commence the shear
hands of Russian nobles and officials. ln of 20,000 head of sheep near Echo
The young men are forced Into the Bus- about the last of. this week, and will
elan army about 40 out of every 100 rush the work through from the first
now on the firing line are Poles. All of the sheepmen of Umatilla county
Poor Poland Is a country of rabbits sre now making preparations to shear
and hounds. She Is an illustration of and are engaging men. Cunningham Is
what government becomes when it now st work on the rest of his sheep,
passes out of the hands of the people, near Pilot Rock, and the other range
Every American voter who thinks that holdings where he has been handling his
the destiny of this country ran h flocks throughout thla countr and will
safely left to the trusts and their hire-I be busy with his wool for several weeks
iinga snouid hunt up a Polo. yet The sheepmen sre finding It hard
There ought to ba no trnuM. in to secure all tha shearers that thav need
ng a roie, ror there are about 2.000,000 to get the best results out of the work.
m mis country, and every nan of them
A large Gold Springs, Umatilla
county, farmer reports that tbe pros
pects for a large crop this year are
much better than they were at this tlm-.
last year, and he expects to reap nearly
40 bushels per acre from his farm this
is earning his living by useful work.
HOW
rvr OUT TKB ZJOHT,
GBHSBAXi OmAXT SIZED IT VP.
From ths New Tork Times.
Gen. Fred D. Grant's favorite story of
his father, is 6ne that aptly illustrates
that great soldier's facility of slslng up
a situation In a few words.
"We had air old coachman, he says,
"who was not the brightest man In the
world, but what he did not know about a
horse was not worth learning.) Mother
used to call on him to do all sorts- of
things that were not In his line, and old
John, of course, was alwaya making mis
takes to aggravate her. . Once she sent
him to the bank ' to do some business.
and he did it wrong. She told father
all about it and said:
" T ruess you'll have to let John go;
He never does aa hs should anything I
want him to do.:
'"Well, mother.' said my father. lf
John could do everything you want hfra
to do, and do it right he would not have
to oe our coaenman.' "
From the Louisville Herald.
fvT" .f..8-Prt b-N Hi- wheat at this time U nearly
..... . Annua nomi ne gnee high, and la growing rapidly. The
Saw his first incandescent lla-ht But a-rain u-mi to b atrona a.nd clean, ami
he evinced no great surprise. It was I If nothing happens out of the ordinary,
not until he went to his room, where will head out better and fuller than 11
the bellboy had already switched tha has for years. The wet winter and
V.U, it-Hi, l(,at ne noticed there was no
opening in vtho circular globe.
He Wew upon it gently, and Was sti
couraged rather than disheartened to
find that It dldnH blow back. But the
encouragement turned to anger when a
stronger whin produced no result what
ever. , Mr. Whallen haa strong lungs,
snd he did his best, his Indignation in
creasing with each effort.
To his great relief he noticed' that the
string by which the strange light was
suspended contained a loop to shorten
It. The light hung over the dresser.
Mr. Whallen let out the loop and put
the light In the top drawn1 of the
dresser. He closed the . drawer and
found to his satisfaction that the room
waa In Stygian darkness. So ha lav
aown sna slept peacefully, with no
light to. annoy him. .
spring has proven a great boon to ths
farmers, and the crops will approach
those of the bumper year of J887. .
Advice to the Lovelorn
T BXATUO rAITUrjaX.
WXXXj BB OBBAT FAXB.
"Bones Wttk the Jreopls Off."
From the Pathfinder. ( .
Two little fellows of 7 and I years
heard older people speaking of skele
tons. ' The . 7-year-old boy listened In
tently to the conversation, when, the:
older boy. with an air, of superior knowl
edge, said abruptly:; "X:. 4
"You dont know What a skeleton Is.
and I do." Vv r' """ i ''" .,-' - ' v..
So do I," replied the younser. 1 do
know."'-"-;- 'V--'v':"v,
"Welt what Is r - -r ' :
"It's bones wttk tha ttannla n""' -'.'-'
From the Toledo Reporter. ' ,''
Our eastern friends sre kindly asked
to bear in mind the fact that the great
est attractions at the Lewis and Clark
fair to be held at PorUand in 1905 VIII
be climate-' and scenery. While the ex
hibit will be great so great that man
visitors will not be able to see it all
the glorious climate and scenery will
afford the real, enjoyment Steamboat
rides up and. down the beautiful Wil
lamette and Columbia rivers, trips
through the "famous Willamette valley,
down to Yequins bay and?th grand
01a racinc ocean these are side shows
which will eclipse the fair Itself and
cost the visitor so little extra that he
will feel that he is being treated as an
old friend. It Is not extravagance Or
buncombe to assert that these features
aione are destined to stamp the Lewis
ana ciarx ratr as the most aniovahi
if hot, the greatest In area And sise of
exhibit, . ever, held in America. Of
course you sre coming, but.we give you
rair warning tnat ine visit is apt to af
reet you like a dose of the f awed lotus.
if - , 1 1 i A . Ai ,. '
Important Point,
?. From the? Baltimore News. .
Representative "Nick' Lonrworth of
Cincinnati has been suffering recently
from a severe attack of indigestion, for
which too many late dinners probably
are ,responslble.-73rS;.v'"5"vi-:--.-?. .-'
a "The thing for you ;" to . do, young
man," said his physlciait ths other day.
"is to taxe a long want every morning
on an, empty .stomach.? Wv-fe
x r wnoss r- asked . nr. Longwortn,. , j
Dar Miss Fairfax I am a young girl
of 18 and am in love with a young gen
tleman whom -my parents think very -much
of. The other day I waa out
walking with him and by chance I hap
pened to meet a friend whom I had not
seen In quite some time. He invited me
to his house, and 1 went with him, leav
ing my gentleman friend with whom I
was taking a walk by himself.
, He haa not spoken to me since, and I
feel ashamed of myself when the matter ,
Is brought up at tbe dinner table.
I know I have done wrong, but kindly
advlss me how I am to make , up with
him again.' A. D. L.
Write, a note and apologise to him. -Tou
were wrong to leave him so abrupt- .
ly. And It is not to be wondered at that
he was offended. Tell him that you are '
sorry and no doubt he will make friends 1
again. Next time don't be- so Impul- "
five -fx.-..- - yr-:i v w t -
Dear Miss Fairfax I have been keep
ing company , With a man very much
older than myself for some years, al
though we were not engaged, but he was
very fond of me, and he had said many
times when he could aflord it wo would
oe married, a few iiuuiiiua ttgu we naa
a quarrel, and since then he has not
been to see me, but when we meet on
the street he always bows, and If he Is
going W way walks with me as If
nothing had happened, and- do tho
same; but as this has been gblng on now '
for over nine months, what should I dot
Ha has glvCin me some presents, .also his '
picture, and has written me lots of let-1
ters. i Should I ' jf'etum them td him Or 1
wait and let him send me back mine
first. As he made the quarrel, I don't -know
what to do, for I don't know If
he wants tne to make up or not. and, I
am sure I don't want to run after him. I,
Do you think hs can like me very much t
if be csn stay, away for so long a time?
It looks'ss though Jiia-lova had turned 4
formers friendship.- It does not look
as though there were any (quarrel to-!.
make up. -Go on. just as you are bo -
perfectly natural and friendly, and per- i.
haps things will swing back to ths old 2
basis.-; ;i,'-:'r.V-:
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